We need a new theory of democracy because this version has failed
News Source : Salon
News Summary
- Sally Kohn: Polls show Americans want government to be responsible for health coverage.
- But in 2024, a near-majority of voters chose a president who would drop coverage for 10 million, she says.
- Kohn asks: What explains this behavioral disconnect on the part of voters?
- She offers several theories, including that voters didn't know who and what they were voting for, or that they are systematically brainwashed by Fox News.Kohn: Why were voters in previous eras, lacking in education, aligned with their own material interests when that is no longer the case?
According to polling data, 62 percent of Americans favor the government being responsible for the health coverage of all people in the country. Sixtyfive percent of Americans polled favored the infr [+19077 chars]
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